Definition of "grackles" [grackles]

• Plural form of grackle. (noun)

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• "According to wildlife biologist Bill Gates, the birds are grackles, a common black bird, one of the same species reported in the past weeks to have been found dead in mass quantities in other nearby states like Arkansas, Louisiana and Kentucky."
• "Kit yelled, startling a flock of oil-colored grackles from the sunflower fields."
• "A few grackles and a couple of starlings were also among the dead."